1 CARAEL BOY Bob Milligan
2 CENTRE FIRE David Callaughan
3 DANE SHADOW John Hawkes
4 ELTONJON Gerald Ryan
5 HIPWELL Neil Godbolt
6 IMPALER David Atkins
7 INTO THE NIGHT Keith Dryden
8 SPARK OF LIFE Allan Denham

Going for the black & pink. Both drawn well from outside boxes. :smile:

Can understand the analogy Paddy :lol:

Only 8 acceptances, Abyssmal !

ELTONJON

INTO THE NIGHT
ELTONJON
IMPALER

Chuck

not surprised at the poor field.
sydney racing is on the skids.
last week heard ian craig saying that if it wasnt for the horses from taree they wouldnt be holding races.

still its not cluttering up sky channel anymore.

The funny part is, as sure as night follows day, the NSW horses will win more than their share at the Melbourne Spring Carnival again, as they have done for the past umpteen seasons.

Top level horses in NSW strong, depth non existant.

Top level horses in Vic, count on one hand. Depth of Saturday class horses strong.

i think the b ig stables have their top level horses roaming the nation taking on all the big races leaving the rest to plod around sydney during the week and on weekends.
i did a quick survey recently and found that most group ones and twos are won by sydney horses nationally.
but boy is midweek and saturday a let down in sydney.

Tab No Horse Trainer Weight
1 INTO THE NIGHT Keith Dryden 57.5
2 CARAEL BOY Bob Milligan 57.5
3 CENTRE FIRE David Callaughan 57.5
4 SPARK OF LIFE Allan Denham 57
5 IMPALER David Atkins 57
6 HIPWELL Neil Godbolt 57
7 DANE SHADOW John Hawkes 50
8 ELTONJON Gerald Ryan 50

Well my pick by a country mile would be spark of life. Cant imagine anyone tipping against that horse with its fresh record.Or has it only three legs????? Would still win i think anyway just my opinion.

Well said breadman,have to agree with you.read on Racenet that it won a trial the other day by 8 lengths or so hard held.You would expect it to run this lot ragged with sheer speed.

Heard that Elton John will be running against on age..
Will be no value in this race..Great to watch though very interested in how In the Night has come back..Impaler also

Spark of Life is a very exiciting horse who should win. But may be a bit short.

I reckon a fair price for spark of life would be around the $1.30 mark. Anyone got an opinion on that. Defiantly to short for my liking i remember seeing kingston town beaten at 1/5 in a 6 horse field at randwick one year.

the event is a non-event.
a hot shot horse in a small field of duffers.

must be more interesting races than this to look at on saturday.

TAB NO. 4 SPARK OF LIFE
TAB NO. 1 INTO THE NIGHT
TAB NO. 7 DANE SHADOW

Tab No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight

1 INTO THE NIGHT Keith Dryden D Beadman 7 57.5
2 CARAEL BOY Bob Milligan B Pengelly 4 57.5
3 CENTRE FIRE David Callaughan R M Quinn 5 57.5
4 SPARK OF LIFE Allan Denham C Munce 1 57
5 IMPALER David Atkins D McLellan 6 57
6 HIPWELL Neil Godbolt B El-Issa 3 57
7 DANE SHADOW John Hawkes 2 50

Prices at: 10:05:10, 29 Jul 2004
No. Selection Win Place
004 Spark of Life $1.60
005 Impaler $4.50
001 Into The Night $5.00
007 Dane Shadow $6.50
002 Carael Boy $51.00
003 Centre Fire $81.00
006 Hipwell $81.00

Bit harsh Topsy calling horses like Into The night and Impaler Duffers..
I think Impaler will get a nice run behind Spark of life and might just run it down ..

your're probably right.
i used to look forward to the season openers particularly the first 3 or four saturdays in august as they usually brought up the past seasons graduating horses but they seem thin on the ground.
sydney has lost its magic over recent years and i dont know what will rescue it.
one or two good horses are not enought.
the lonhro's and defiers are one thing but the other good horses seem to lack longevity.
grand armee is an exception but generally most of the fade so quickly that the racing loses its appeal.
but i know i shouldnt knock but sydney should be able to do much better.
bigger fields, good horses performing longer/multiple seasons would help.

i heard the results of the report about Nsw racing and it sounds great..The horsley park venture..the 200 paid to every horse that races...better prize money..the bobs if you use it back in the breeding industry you get back 25,000 instead of 16,000..good to see that they are doing something..Qld racing will hopefully follow..
but back to the race..its still gong to be a fantastic race with riding tactics the key..

remember horses like Alinghi, dance hero , maykebe Diva ,Special harmony ect..are coming back soon..

Prices at: 22:00:00, 29 Jul 2004
No. Selection Win Place
004 Spark of Life $1.65 (was $1.60)
005 Impaler $4.25 (was $4.50)
001 Into The Night $5.50 (was $5.00)
007 Dane Shadow $6.50 (was $6.50)
002 Carael Boy $51.00 (was $51.00)
006 Hipwell $51.00 (was $81.00)
003 Centre Fire $101.00 (was $81.00)

(7) Dane Shadow
(4) Spark Of Life
(1) Into The Night

Carael Boy EW

Prices at: 15:45:00, 30 Jul 2004
No. Selection Win
004 Spark of Life $1.65 (was $1.65)
005 Impaler $4.00 (was $4.25)
001 Into The Night $6.00 (was $5.50)
007 Dane Shadow $6.50 (was $6.50)
002 Carael Boy $51.00 (was $51.00)
006 Hipwell $51.00 (was $51.00)
003 Centre Fire $101.00 (was $101.00)

Into The Night
Spark Of Life
Impaler
Dane Shadow

Gday all

4 Spark of Life
5 Impaler
6 Hipwell (can't leave the local out)
1 Into the Night

SPARK OF LIFE
CARAEL BOY
HIPWELL

[ This Message was edited by: william on 2004-07-30 18:36 ]

Prices at: 22:15:00, 30 Jul 2004
No. Selection Win
004 Spark of Life $1.65 (was $1.65)
005 Impaler $4.00 (was $4.00)
001 Into The Night $6.00 (was $6.00)
007 Dane Shadow $6.50 (was $6.50)
* 006 Hipwell $41.00 (was $51.00)
002 Carael Boy $51.00 (was $51.00)
003 Centre Fire $101.00 (was $101.00)

Impaler
Spark Of life
Into the night

i agree with breadman, @ sportsbet i think spark of life is $1.65 fixed, dunno who'd back anything @ that odd's, but is that the best price you think you'd get on him ?

Track good. No scratching (thank goodness!)

Prices at: 08:39:00, 31 Jul 2004

No. Selection Win
004 SPARK OF LIFE $1.65
005 IMPALER $4.00
001 INTO THE NIGHT $6.00
007 DANE SHADOW $6.50
006 HIPWELL $41.00
002 CARAEL BOY $51.00
003 CENTRE FIRE $101.00

great run by Into the night..big things ahead for the spring :smile:

Apology for not closing off earlier. Offline last week.

05 GALLAGHER HTLS
MISSILE STKS WFA
1100 Metres
2:25pm
1ST LEG QUADRELLA

WIN/PLACE
4 1.60 1.20
1.............2.90
7............N.T.D
SPINNER (MIXED) 1.04
QUINELLA 4.70
EXACTA 4.80
TRIFECTA 16.40
FIRST4 95.00
(4-1-7-6)

( 4) SPARK OF LIFE
( 1) INTO THE NIGHT
( 7) DANE SHADOW

SCR - NIL
QUADRELLA SUB - 4

SPARK OF LIFE selected by breadman, purpleheart68, Mr ed, sportzfan, williammaverick1993, peanutz, reinz, xptdriver & milbre
INTO THE NIGHT selected by Chuck_3000, sportzfan, peanutz, reinz, xptdriver & maverick1993
DANE SHADOW selected by sportzfan, peanutz & reinz
HIPWELL selected by xptdriver & william


Thread selections covered all multiples.
Tri in order to sportzfan.